The widow of Alexander Litvinenko believes the public inquiry into his murder will reveal evidence that it was state sponsored, with the trail leading all the way to the Kremlin

When Marina Litvinenko asked for a meeting with William Hague to learn what
progress was being made in the investigation into the murder of her husband,
she was rebuffed. The foreign secretary, she was informed, was “too busy” to
see her.

It was more than four years since the public death of her newly hairless
spouse in a London hospital bed, finally succumbing to the effects of
radiation.

He was a dissident former KGB officer who had been given asylum in the UK, and
was said to be on a retainer with MI6. After a trip to Spain, he was close
to exposing links between organised crime and figures close to Vladimir
Putin. That may have sealed his fate.

The radioactive element that was slipped into Alexander Litvinenko’s tea at a
Mayfair hotel in 2006 was part of an operation that left traces all over
London. Hundreds of people were